Loyalty pays off for Georgetown radio listeners

Supplied photoJerry and Nelva Timmer won a trip to Nashville to meet one of their favorite entertainers, Carrie Underwood.

If you think radio is dead, you don’t know Jerry and Nelva
Timmer. The couple from Georgetown Township are regular listeners to radio
station B93.7. Their loyalty paid off when Jerry won a call-in contest last
month.

It was on a Monday evening in May when the Timmers were listening
at home and heard the announcement that the 20th caller would win a
cash prize of $1,000, and then have their name entered in a drawing for the
trip to Nashville and a personal meeting with country music star Carrie
Underwood, among Nelva’s favorite singers.

“I just kept calling and calling,” said Jerry, a driver for
Jenison Printing in the Wayland area. “My wife was listening while I was
calling.”

He connected as the 20th caller and won the cash. Then came
the drawing and Jerry won the trip to Tennessee, icing on the cake.

B93 paid for accommodations June 6 through 11, including the flights
to and from Nashville. It was the first time Jerry had been in an airplane
since 1969 when he was serving in Viet Nam.

“It was a lot different because of all the security,” he said.

During their four-night, five-day stay, they toured the city
and saw several shows, but meeting Underwood and being photographed with her
was the high point.

Jerry retired from General Motors in 1999. and has been with Jenison Printing since
2001. He likes to watch NASCAR racing on television, and hunt and fish. Oh, yes
– and listen to the radio.